Respiratory assembly
AssigneeSnap Cpap, LLC
InventorsStuart Heatherington, Stanley S. Coe
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Abstract
A respiratory assembly is provided. The assembly includes at least one post having a nasal engaging portion on about a first end thereof for delivering treatment gases to the nasal cavity of a patient. A pair of tubes capable of receiving gas from a hose or fluid source are selectively engaged with the pair of posts for delivering treatment gases from the inlet through the receptacle and into the nasal cavity of the patient. A splitter may be positioned between the hose or fluid source and the pair of tubes. Ball and socket joints may provide enhanced flexibility of the assembly while in use.
Claims8
A nasal assembly comprising:
- a pair of tubes, each in gaseous communication with a hose or a fluid source;
- a pair of posts, each post including:
- a flange that defines an opening therein, the openings in gaseous communication with each corresponding tube of the pair of tubes;
- a pressure sensitive adhesive applied to each flange and configured for sealably engaging a patient's nare such that each post and the pressure sensitive adhesive does not extend into a respective nostril of the patient when the pressure sensitive adhesive is engaged with the patient's nare, and
- wherein the pair of tubes and the hose or fluid source are integrally formed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.